Updated September 2011 Lemon Batteries Experiment.

Updated September 2011

Lemon BatteriesExperiment


How can something as small as a lemon have enough

power to do anything?


The same question can be asked of nano scale batteries.

However, nano batteries are showing efficiencies up to 10 times more than any current battery. The idea is that if one nano sized battery does not make enough power, trillions of nano batteries in arrays and in series will.

(Credit: A. James Clark School of Engineering, University of Maryland)

After all, a battery is merely made of two metals and an electrolyte


Several nano materials and

techniques are being used in nano battery

research. cc by TED-43

Multi wall carbon nanotube

Plasma Spray-Physical Vapor

Deposition Image by Marvin G. Smith

Battery assembled by

virusesPhoto by Donna Coveney

Silicon nanowiresImage: NY Times

BuckyballCc by Soroush83


What current technologies could we power with nano batteries?

What future devices could be powered by nano batteries?

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Vehicles

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Medical E

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Nano Robots

Cc by Mistman123cc by StefanXP

cc by David Hu and John Bushcc by GlobalFunkyCc by Ignacio Icke


This module is one of a series designed to introduce faculty and high school students to the basic concepts of nanotechnology. Each module includes a

PowerPoint presentation, discussion questions, and hands-on activities, when applicable.

The series was funded in part by:

The National Science Foundation

Grant DUE-0702976and the

Oklahoma Nanotechnology Education Initiative

Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the

National Science Foundation or the Oklahoma Nanotechnology Education Initiative.


Image Credits

Coveney, Donna (Photographer). Angela Belcher holds a display of the virus-built battery she helped engineer. [Photograph].

Retrieved from http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/virus-battery-0402.html

GlobalFunky. (Photographer). Water Purifier. [Photograph]. Wikimedia Commons (commons.wikimedia.org)

Hu, David and Bush, John. (Photographers). Robostrider Faceoff. [Photograph]. Wikimedia Commons

(commons.wikimedia.org)

Icke, Ignacio. (Illustrator). Eye Diagram. [Illustration]. Wikimedia Commons (commons.wikimedia.org)

Mistman123. (Photographer). PSP45. [Photograph]. Wikimedia Commons (commons.wikimedia.org)

Nano Scale Batteries. A. James Clark School of Engineering, University of Maryland)

Smith, Marvin G. (Photographer). Plasma Spray-Physical Vapor Deposition. [Photograph]. Retrieved from

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1909.html

Soroush83. (Illustrator). Buckyball. [Illustration]. Wikimedia Commons (commons.wikimedia.org)

StefanXP. (Illustrator). AED Symbol. [Digital Image]. Wikimedia Commons (commons.wikimedia.org)

TED-43. (Illustrator). Multi-nanotube. [Illustration]. Wikimedia Commons (commons.wikimedia.org)


References

Nanotech Battery to Power Artificial Retina. Nanotech Buzz. Retrieved from http://www.nanotechbuzz.com/50226711/nanotech_biobattery_to_power_artificial_retina.php

Rice University (2009, February 18). Nanotechnology: Lithium-Ion Batteries Have Better Performance With New Electrode Material. ScienceDaily. Retrieved April 3, 2011, from http://www.sciencedaily.com

/releases/2009/02/090209122554.htm

University of Maryland, College Park (2009, March 22). Nanotech Batteries For A New Energy Future. ScienceDaily. Retrieved April 3, 2011, from http://www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2009/03/090320173859.htm

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